Chapter 65: I Believe Jack Will Continue to Create Miracles

Stephen Curry is a member of this year's second-year rookie team. His performance on the Golden State Warriors team is getting better and better, and he ranks at the top of the three-point shooting percentage list and the single-game hit quantity list this season.

Although the game where Fan Xi emerged, his super data was empty, but it still didn't stop him from becoming the core of the Warriors' key training. According to the current trend, soon Monta Ellis will be traded away, and the Golden State management's intention to support him as the team leader is already clear.

Stephen Curry was very happy to see Fan Xi.

He is completely different from those who eat sour grapes; he sincerely feels joy for Fan Xi's current situation.

"I knew you would have today's achievements." Curry hugged Fan Xi and said: "In college, you were better than me."

The two former best partners can now be considered to have met at the peak.

One sat firmly as a starter for the Lakers, and has the style of becoming the future Lakers core.

One has already consolidated the foundation of the Warriors leader and will soon leap over the dragon gate.

If the basketball head coach of Davidson College stood here, he would definitely feel gratified for the achievements of the two disciples today.

Compared with basketball famous schools like the University of Kentucky, only five NBA players have appeared in the history of Davidson College before, all of whom were unknown. Now, two star-level players have appeared in a row, which is already an unprecedented miracle in the school's basketball history.

"Stephen, let's practice the shooting we studied in school before."

Fan Xi said to Curry.

Hearing about shooting, Curry was immediately interested. He quickly walked to the side with Fan Xi, and the two began to train one-stage shooting.

Stephen Curry is a very sensitive player with super hand-eye coordination.

Moreover, Fan Xi realized an extremely terrifying thing: Stephen Curry's shooting talent is even higher than the Reggie Miller shooting talent he inherited.

When Curry shoots, there is a natural sense of fluency and sharpness.

Although Fan Xi's jumping talent at this time is much higher than Curry's, when Fan Xi and Curry play one-on-one offense and defense, Curry can always successfully shoot the ball and hit it.

Fan Xi realized another thing afterward.

That is... although he inherited Reggie Miller's peak shooting talent, but... its combination with his technique, especially ball-handling technique, and physical talent did not reach the "innate" level of Curry.

So, Curry's shooting is so fluent, so easy to come by.

Because this is the result of his own innate talent and acquired hard training.

Fan Xi inevitably has some craftsmanship, some stagnation.

This is no problem under normal circumstances, but if it is really facing desperate defense, facing real siege, there may be problems in the connection.

Sure enough, haste makes waste.

Fan Xi had considerations in his heart. He is now like Duan Yu in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils... should be Xuzhu, although internal strength and exercises have made a qualitative leap, dealing with Ding Chunqiu is no problem. But compared with top experts like Qiao Feng who were tempered from battle, he will eventually fall into the wind.

Although as Wang Yuyan said in the book, the world's number one in the future will be Xuzhu.

However, this requires a process of self-digestion.

Fan Xi decided to further strengthen training in the future.

He and Curry practiced "one-stage shooting." Curry has already explored a unique "rhythm" of his own. He has the style of a master who has formed his own school. In time, he will definitely be the ceiling of NBA shooters.

Fan Xi's physical fitness is different from Curry's. Some of his talents are very high, and some are still very ordinary. So his shooting results are not very uniform.

Fortunately, he not only has some research on "one-stage shooting." For the classic two-stage shooting, he inherited it from the textbook basketball god Michael Jordan.

However, technique is technique, and shooting percentage is shooting percentage.

Comparing Fan Xi and Curry's current strength, overall, Fan Xi might have a slight advantage.

However, Fan Xi has already realized that Curry is on the verge of explosion. Once he breaks through the bottleneck, Curry will rise directly from the current All-Star edge player to the sequence of superstars, or even superstars.

Because he takes the style of "one trick."

Fan Xi takes a comprehensive style. He inherited too many top talents, and many techniques from different systems... such as Jordan and Miller.

Fan Xi needs to integrate all of these, and then turn them all into his own.

In this way, he has the opportunity to become the greatest star in NBA history.

The directions of the two are different, but as long as they work hard next, they are destined to fight at the top of the NBA Forbidden City.

The two practiced for half an hour.

The second-year team began to practice tactics, and the first-year team returned to the locker room.

The head coach of the second-year team is Celtics assistant coach Lawrence Frank, and the two assistant coaches are New York Knicks superstar Carmelo Anthony and former legendary shooter Steve Kerr.

Steve Kerr had been standing next to Fan Xi and Curry before. As a top NBA shooter, he watched Fan Xi and Curry compete in 3 points and try new technology.

After Fan Xi left, he said to Curry: "I and your good brother both have top shooter genes. However, I think you will become the best shooter in NBA history. And your good brother's road will be difficult, but he has the opportunity to become the player who can shoot three-pointers the best among the few best guards in NBA history."

Kerr's evaluation of both of them is very high, and it hits the nail on the head.

Curry expressed his gratitude to him.

Kerr said: "If there is a chance, I really want to cooperate with young talents like you."

Stephen Curry smiled cutely. After a year and a half in the league, he became very good at answering such similar questions.

He thinks this might be a kind of ineffective social interaction for adults.

But he didn't know that his bond with Steve Kerr was strongly generated at this moment.

Fan Xi is very familiar with the interior of Staples Center, although the first-year team's locker room requisitioned the Clippers' home locker room.

However, after he entered the locker room, he felt a kind of isolation.

Except for Fan Xi, the other first-year rookies were all black players... even if Blake Griffin's skin color is very white, he is still a black person.

Black players don't like others discriminating against them, but they are naturally arrogant toward players who are not of the same skin color.

What's more, Fan Xi's emergence created many miracles they couldn't imagine.

Envy, jealousy, and hatred made them not want to talk to Fan Xi.

Except for Cousins occasionally chatting with Fan Xi, other players were almost in a state of turning their heads.

The head coach quickly came to announce the starting lineup for tonight.

The names of John Wall, Gary Neal, Wesley Johnson, Blake Griffin, and Cousins were read out from the mouth of Spurs assistant coach Mike Budenholzer.

This result even made the players in the locker room feel surprised, because Fan Xi actually didn't start.

Since Fan Xi's debut, he has almost become the only protagonist among rookie players. Even the two top picks couldn't cover his light. He won the Western Conference Rookie of the Month in the last two weeks, and he will definitely become the Rookie of the Month.

And he actually didn't enter the starting lineup.

Instead, the unknown Spurs guard Gary Neal got the opportunity.

NBA competition has always existed, and the Spurs and Lakers are two insurmountable mountains in the West. The first 10 years of this century can be said to be the joint rule of the NBA by the Spurs and Lakers.

This season, the Spurs' strength also began to recover. They rushed to the first place in the West. They are looking forward to winning the championship trophy again this season... The league has always had an unwritten rumor: every odd year is the year the Spurs win the championship.

Although it was broken by the Lakers in 09.

But this year is 11.

Stoudemire and McHale showed varying degrees of dissatisfaction with Mike Budenholzer's arrangement. They thought Budenholzer's behavior was very ugly, using the public power in his hands to suppress the Lakers rookie Jack Fan.

"It doesn't matter, Jack, you don't have to start."

Stoudemire said to Fan Xi afterward.

Stoudemire, nicknamed Little Overlord, is a good person. Although he didn't become teammates with Fan Xi in New York, he has always helped Fan Xi speak in the media.

Fan Xi smiled at him, and then said: "I won't care about this. I am already an All-Star starter. Coach Mike arranged this perhaps to let other players have a pioneering performance in Los Angeles. Los Angeles fans will also understand this."

Stoudemire smiled. He heard Fan Xi's subtext.

He knew Fan Xi deliberately said the voice louder, not to show off. But to put pressure on Mike Budenholzer, he was warning Budenholzer: If your eating is uglier, I don't mind tearing my face. This is Los Angeles!

Budenholzer's scalp tightened when he heard this sentence.

He narrowed his eyes. He realized that Fan Xi is not a person to be messed with. Although he will not publicly attack like those irritable thorns, his sentence has great lethality.

Another assistant coach McHale has been in the league for many years, he is an old fox. When he heard Fan Xi's sentence, he gave Fan Xi a thumbs up. On the surface, it is to praise Fan Xi's high style, but in fact, it is to admire Fan Xi's ability to hide needles in cotton.

"The Lakers are really lucky to have selected such a genius from the undrafted players. Whether it is technique, talent, or character, they are all top-notch."

As a Celtic, McHale was almost crying with envy.

Night fell on the City of Angels.

Although the Rookie Game is just an appetizer for the All-Star Weekend, it still attracted 20,000 fans to the scene... because people really want to watch Fan Xi's performance of killing all sides in the Rookie Game on the scene.

Moreover, Fan Xi is the only All-Star player among the two rookies, and he should suppress all sides.

Derrick Rose, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Shaquille O'Neal, and Rajon Rondo and other All-Star players all came to the sidelines and will watch this Rookie Game as special spectators.

However, when the players from both sides walked onto the court, people found that Fan Xi actually didn't start, and there was some uproar at the scene.

These sounds made the "eye contact" on the first-year team bench wonderful. Stoudemire and McHale looked at Mike Budenholzer for the first time, and also at the All-Stars Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose, etc. sitting next to them....

Stoudemire and McHale, as assistant coaches, naturally have a mood of watching a good show.

Other superstars are puzzled and confused.

Mike Budenholzer felt uncomfortable under the gaze of so many eyes, and he felt huge pressure. But when his eyes looked at Fan Xi next to him, he found that Fan Xi sat there steadily, not rushing, not fighting. His eyes were very calm.

The so-called sitting on the Diaoyutai, roughly this is it.

The starting lineup for the second-year team tonight is: Stephen Curry, James Harden, DeRozan, Ibaka, Blair.

Since the Rookie Game was owned by the Oakland All-Star Weekend in 2000, it has only happened once that the first-year rookie team defeated the second-year team, that is last year.

In last year's Rookie Game, Evans and Blair led the first-year team to defeat the second-year team lacking Derrick Rose, creating history.

"Although Tyreke Evans is absent this year, the second-year team has always had a greater advantage than the first-year team. So, I think the 2009 rookie class will become the only team in history to maintain a winning streak in the All-Star Rookie Game."

Charles Barkley is very optimistic about the second-year team on the commentary table.

However, Kenny Smith said: "I think the first-year team should not be underestimated. They have the only All-Star player of the two teams. Jack is an All-Star starter. And in previous games, he won all the games. In the games he played, the Lakers won. He will definitely bring this luck and dominance to this lower-level Rookie Game."

Smith is full of confidence in Fan Xi.

Charles Barkley mocked again: "However, he can't even get a starting opportunity. He didn't refuse to really open the gap with other rookies. I think he will show his original shape tonight."

"His strength is just that the Lakers gave him a lot of help. Now he returns to the same starting line as other rookies. Do you think he can still stand out?"

"Other rookies will not care for him and cooperate with him like Lakers players. Even, I believe there will be many unconvinced players who will directly ignore him. This is human nature. No one can challenge human nature!"

Charles Barkley said confidently.

The more he spoke, the more energetic he became, the more he spoke, the more high he became.

He even said decisively at the end: "Kenny, do you dare to make a bet with me? If Jack gets the MVP tonight, I will kiss your ass. I mean what I say. However, if he doesn't get it, you kiss my ass, how about it?"

Barkley instigated Kenny: "Don't be a coward. Since you support him, you have to show courage."

This is an unfair bet.

The probability of Fan Xi getting the MVP is not high at all, because only the winning team will produce an MVP. And Fan Xi is just one of the first-year team, not even a starting player, and he will definitely be isolated.

Charles Barkley almost has a sure chance of winning.

However, at this time.

Kenny Smith made a brave move.

"I believe Jack will continue to create miracles!" ===== CHAPTER 66 =====